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Deputy Health Director Espen Rostrup Nakstad at the Norwegian Health Directorate responds to questions from Dagbladet readers about the coronavirus this morning.
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One reader wondered:
– What do you think of the fact that a mistake can give us an effective vaccine?
– It seems to me that you have seen that by giving a low dose the first time you get a better effect overall when you have received the second dose. And the explanation may be that this carrier virus, which is an innocent cold virus that has these “crown labels”, which is the basis of this vaccine, causes the body to develop immunity. Not only against these desired “labels”, but also against the carrier virus itself.
– If you receive a high dose for the first time, your immunity may fight the second dose of the vaccine. That may be what happened. In that case, it will be more beneficial to give a lower dose the first time.
– How does it affect people’s confidence in a vaccine when good results come from an error?
– I don’t think it’s due to a mistake. I think it was a bit of a coincidence, where he saw that where a smaller first dose was set, a better effect was seen.
– When you get that knowledge, it is important to re-map it and do new tests to see the effect. This is very common and actually quite safe.
– I think he’s trustworthy, more than that we haven’t heard of him.
– Can such results be trusted?
– Yes, we can at least trust the results that are implemented when testing with a lower first dose and in different age groups.
Family reunion at Romerike
– What do you think about violations of infection control rules, like when people were fined NOK 165,000 in Romerike?
– I think it is important that everyone knows the rules, and is very closed in events in private and public and public. Everyone should become familiar with these rules, and they may miss them, and so it is important that the municipality follow up. And the police, to some extent, in case of serious violations, have imposed fines on him.
– The most important thing is that people follow the rules, that’s what gives effect. The rules, which are quite complicated, become easier to follow over time. Most people who live in big cities have gotten used to these extra rules and measures.
This is life after the vaccine
Christmas party
– Can you travel out of Oslo for Christmas dinner?
– Now there are some general rules that say you should travel as little as possible, avoid unnecessary trips and have as little contact as possible with others. I think that having a Christmas table to a modest degree with those that you would otherwise work with every day, does not involve any great risk, says Nakstad.
And continues:
– But meeting friends and acquaintances that you do not usually see in private homes is not something we recommend. It is equivalent to partying. If you are going to meet people in another way, you need to limit the number, meet as few as possible, keep a good distance, and make sure everyone is healthy.
– Is there a difference between meetings in Oslo and outside of Oslo?
– Yes, there are additional rules in urban regions where there is a lot of infection. Oslo and many of the neighboring municipalities have introduced additional measures.
Decreasing trend of infection
At midnight, 34,748 corona-infected people were registered in this country, a daily increase of 480. According to VG, the infection trend in this country is now decreasing.
The number of infections appears in the preliminary summary of the national infectious disease notification system (MSIS).
As of midnight Thursday night, 34,268 people were infected with corona. Therefore, the number from the night to Friday is 480 higher.
Based on the VG calculation of the trend, Norway is shown, for the first time since a single day on August 19, to have a downward trend of infection.
– In recent weeks, a series of infection control measures have been implemented, both at the national level and in the largest cities. This has obviously had an effect, assistant health director Espen Rostrup Nakstad tells the newspaper.
The numbers will keep dropping if everyone continues to follow infection control rules, he believes. At the same time, the call is to be careful.
– The situation is still very vulnerable. It isn’t long before the arrows are pointing up again, says Nakstad.
Draw a conclusion
So far, just over 2.2 million people have been tested for the coronavirus in this country.
123 corona patients were hospitalized Thursday. Seven more than the day before.
A total of 316 people infected with the crown have died in Norway since March, preliminary figures show. It is not always possible to establish whether patients have died from or with COVID-19.
63.6 percent of all deaths have reached the age of 80. In the age group under 50 years, eight deaths have been reported in Norway.
